The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-28


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TRADE WlTHiOANADA.
TIE HON. BENZ. ~BuTTERwoRTu,s
PLEA FOR RECIPROCITY.
A Notable Speech Delivered to the Cana
dian caab Of Now York cisy-Compie.o
Free Trade with Canada Strongly Adve-
Gated from a rroteetionist Standpoint.
The Canadian Club. recently organized In
New York, mainly through tho efforts Of
Mr.. Erastus Wiman, held q notable meeting
May 10. The audience gathered In Assecla.
ton Hall, IN addition to several hundred
members Of Tho club, included peeml.
nent members Of the Chamber OF Commerce,
Board Of Tradc and Transportation, Stock
and Produce Exchanges. Mr.. Wiman pro-
sided. The speech of tho evening was do
llycrcd by Congressman benjamin Dutter-
worth. OF Ohio, IN favor Of a reciprocity
treaty between the United States and Canada.
Mr.. Butterworth, although a thooughgoing
protectionist, Is Al ardent advocate Of free
trade with Canada, which he regards rs DO.
Ing ns fully in accord with protcctionist prin.
eiplcs rs frcetsadc between the States Of the
Union. He introduced a bill to TINT end In
the Forty.ninth Congress and has given mn
amount Of study to the subject which cna-
bled him TO make his speech an interesting
repository Of facts md figures on the subject.
lie began hisspecch with M ayowai Of his
protectionist creed. The protective system
has for Its object to do away with tho inc
qualities which obtain between competitors
in tho several industries In this country ind
those Of the old. world engaged in the same
ticldof employment. The farmer found his
compensation in the building up Of orr in.
dustrics. Under tho influence Of protection
great cities and towns, centres OF large In.
dustrial population, grew up and provided
a market for tho Product Of tho farms. So
That wlat the farmer lost In the increased
price OF the articles he purchased he more
than made UP by the increased amount he
received for the supplies lie was enabled to
sell to those employed in tho industries
which owed their existence to the protective
system. The protective tariff should and
docs ostensibiy deal with unequal conditions
In the field of competition, It's mission being
to equalizo them. II follows logically, and
rs n common.scnsc proposition, that when
the conditions are equal so-catfei protection
Is disguised robbery, lcgalized hlcling from
one citizen TO enrich another.
REMOVING TIE BARRIER.
As regards tho relations between Canada
and the United States, Mr.. Duttcrworth con-
tended that they should be characterized by
free trade. lie said:
what Is proposed Is hll and complete re-
clprocnl trade and commerce between the
United States and Canada, by tho terms
OF which for al purposes Of trade. barter and
exchange the two countries shall be rs one,
the arrangement having nothing TO DO with
governmental matters or political conditions,
there being no necessary connection or rela.
ton between the political institutions Of
q country md its trade and commerce.
We seek by this arrangement to remove
all tho custOm-houscs along our Cana
dian frontier, to withdraw the line
Of pickets that keep watch ind ward on both
sides nlong 5000 miles of orr Northern
boundary to see To It that tho American
farmer does not sell his ncighbor across the
line some early potatoes or early corn without
going to the custom.house, paying q large
part OF the value Of tho p rodtce for the priv.
ilcge, and compelling the Canadian to sub
nit to tho same eNtOrtlOn before he can sell
to his friend whosuppliel him with tho carly
corn and potatoes n later variety Of the same
articles. TINT we-as the inhabitants of what
Is for all purposes oftradc n common country,
being in race, religion, ancestry and tradition
one people, differing only in our political in
stitutions-shall throw down the barriers that
now block every highway Of business pros
Icrity and progress, and open all the course
and channels Of trude between the Gulf of
Mexico and the northern boundary of tho
Dominion Of Cnnnda-thnt the farmers,
manufacturers and merchants shall seek our
markets ~unhampcrel and unrestricted In
every part Of this vust field OF DEVELOPMENT,
and thereby settle at ncc and In a manner
worthy OF ctr race and civilization the
petty squabllcs, now more than n century
old, about the fisheries. lie who appeals to
the protective system rs between competitors
in Canada and the United States asks
monopoly, not equality. lie seeks an unjust
advantage, not IN equal opportunity. As
Canadians may invoke the protective sys-
TEN but rs between Canadians and Ameri-
cans it has no proper place, unless to author
ize cNtortion In the interest Of the monopo-
lists is the proper mfssfono Legislative effort"
Mr.. Butterworth reviewed tho history of
the relations between the two countries,
giving incidentally n sketch OF the fishery
dispute which, relating solely to the priyi-
OF a few thousand fishermen engaged
III n single ayocation, draws into the vortex
Of controversy all other interests pertaining
% thctradc and commerce OF thctwo nations
lie instanccl the opinions Of statesmen Of
The post in favor Of reciprocity rs the true
basis of settlement. lie said:
MOVEMENTS TOWARD RECIPROCITY.
."Such favor did the idea of reciprocity
Of trade find that In 1878 the House OF
Representatives passed n bill which had
for its object the establishment Of that re-
lation. John Quincy Adams was II men,
Der Of that House. Robert G. Winthrop and
Lincoln were also members Of that
The attitude of the Wing PARTY to-
ward reciprocity may be inferred from tho
that they had n majority Of ten in the
lloacs which passed the bill | have men.
Toned. The Senate WIS Democratic. Tic
bill failed to become n law only because there
not time before adjournment for its con.
by the Senate. Vim. II. Seward
then senator from New York. Daniel
Webster was Secretary of State, Willard Fill.
more was President. 1t had como 10 be rec
,gnizcd that the only possible settlement of
he controversy III regard to the fisheries
which could be Just and lasting and which
would tend to promote the prosperity of the
NO parties wfiUsc interests we're immediately
md must affected. was the removal Of the
restrictions upon commerce and
he enlargement Of the tradc relations be-
.wecn the United States and Canada.
Mr.. Seward, in closing his speech OIL tho
Of the fisheries, said:
"'What the colonies require Is some modi.
lcation Of commercial relations which NAV
fleet The revenue. Tint ~ subject proEs;r |
o be acted upon by Congress. Let us no
ongcr excite ourselves and agitatc the coun-
ry with unavailing debates, but let It's ad- |
ourselves to the relief Of the fishermen |
md the improvement Of ottr /
There Is only II way that Congress can net,
ND that Is by reciprocal legislation with the
British Parliament or the British colonies
"Tlle wisdom Of those who mloptei that
'icw has been attcsteI by time and expert. |
'hcc. Partial reciprocity came in 1851, and
My failed III It's mission because Il was ttar-
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